Bridgestone, Microsoft Get Exclusive F1 Contracts
07-12-2006, 12:27 PM
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Bridgestone, Microsoft Get Exclusive F1 Contracts
Bridgestone, Microsoft Get Exclusive F1 Contracts
Written by: RACER staff Paris, France – 7/5/2006
Bridgestone's monopoly should effectively happen already in '07, as Michelin is set to pull out of F1 by this season's end. (LAT Photo)
Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008.
The announcement was made following this Wednesday's meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris.
The move to a single tire supplier and standardized ECUs (Electronic Control Units, responsible for a car's engine management) is part of the FIA's radical cost-saving package announced earlier this year for introduction in '08. Both Bridgestone and Microsoft will supply F1 through 2010.
In the specific case of the Japanese tire company, its monopoly will go in effect already next year, as rivals Michelin are set to pull out of the sport by this season's end.
In addition, the WMSC also announced that due to a significant increase in cornering speeds in F1 this season, the sport's Technical Working Group will be consulted regarding possible measures to slow the cars down." http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/27956/
Microsoft makes ECUs???? dang that is all I need is a POP up in Heads up display.
and isn't the phrase, "FIA's radical cost-saving package" an oxymoron??
Written by: RACER staff Paris, France – 7/5/2006
Bridgestone's monopoly should effectively happen already in '07, as Michelin is set to pull out of F1 by this season's end. (LAT Photo)
Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008.
The announcement was made following this Wednesday's meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris.
The move to a single tire supplier and standardized ECUs (Electronic Control Units, responsible for a car's engine management) is part of the FIA's radical cost-saving package announced earlier this year for introduction in '08. Both Bridgestone and Microsoft will supply F1 through 2010.
In the specific case of the Japanese tire company, its monopoly will go in effect already next year, as rivals Michelin are set to pull out of the sport by this season's end.
In addition, the WMSC also announced that due to a significant increase in cornering speeds in F1 this season, the sport's Technical Working Group will be consulted regarding possible measures to slow the cars down." http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/27956/
Microsoft makes ECUs???? dang that is all I need is a POP up in Heads up display.
and isn't the phrase, "FIA's radical cost-saving package" an oxymoron??
07-12-2006, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gkmccready
I was thinking more that the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) from Microsoft operating systems crashing will all of a sudden have a new twist to it... :-(
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07-12-2006, 02:10 PM
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Soon we will see the F-1 drivers stopping their cars to reboot the ECU before then can continue. I despise f...in Microsoft for the dismal quality of their products.
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07-12-2006, 03:23 PM
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we seem to forget how bit M$ is in the embedded and automation market . . . Granted, the PC industry is where the name is recognized best, but that doesn't mean that they do not have experience in outside markets.
Good thing that everyone who's smacking "Uncle Bill" is either running OSX, or running from their own kernel.
Good thing that everyone who's smacking "Uncle Bill" is either running OSX, or running from their own kernel.
07-12-2006, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by emf
we seem to forget how bit M$ is in the embedded and automation market . . . Granted, the PC industry is where the name is recognized best, but that doesn't mean that they do not have experience in outside markets.
Good thing that everyone who's smacking "Uncle Bill" is either running OSX, or running from their own kernel.
07-12-2006, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianCunningham
Microsoft??? Motorola maybe, as in a Motec unit, but Microsoft??
Proof $$$ talks!
I wonder which team will come down with a virus 1st
Proof $$$ talks!
I wonder which team will come down with a virus 1st
Ferrari - and they will send it to Renult
07-12-2006, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by gkmccready
Yeah, WinCE has a wonderful reputation as compared to VxWorks or QNX or pSOS or ... MS wasn't even considered a competitor in the real IA or embedded systems environment when I was working at QNX, and I doubt they are now, really, either.
Eh. I've only been an operating systems enginerd for the last 18 years, I think I get to take my swipes at M$'s crappy products when the opportunity presents itself. :-)
Back on point, Microsoft's made a sting, for sure. The next few years will likely see some leaps-and-bounds improvements to Microsnot's products, but will also likely expand their footprint in other automotive markets over the long-haul. They've been struggling to get a solid foothold, but it looks like they have it now.
07-12-2006, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by emf
Back on point, Microsoft's made a sting, for sure. The next few years will likely see some leaps-and-bounds improvements to Microsnot's products, but will also likely expand their footprint in other automotive markets over the long-haul. They've been struggling to get a solid foothold, but it looks like they have it now.
07-12-2006, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by emf
18 years, eh? So, you'd be running . . . BSD variant?
Back on point, Microsoft's made a sting, for sure. The next few years will likely see some leaps-and-bounds improvements to Microsnot's products, but will also likely expand their footprint in other automotive markets over the long-haul. They've been struggling to get a solid foothold, but it looks like they have it now.
07-12-2006, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gkmccready
I have a wait and see attitude to that. They try hard but always manage to screw it up somehow, even with some seriously great engineers on staff.
07-12-2006, 07:58 PM
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1. Pit lane speed limiter
2. Differential +
3. Engine push
4. Gear upshift
5. Traction control +
6. Engine push setting switch
7. Clutch lever
8. Traction control
9. Team info inlap
10. Burn out
11. Multifunctional switch
12. Lambda 13. Diagnostic
14. Wing angle info switch
15. Clutch
16. Differential selective switch
17. Team radio
18. Traction control -
19. Gear downshift
20. Engine break
21. Differential -
22. Neutral
23. Display page change
So where will the CTR - ALT - DEL buttons go ??